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We can't ask too much from a foreign film cum biopic
Andrew 2022-04-21 09:03:23
Why don't Chinese people feel grateful for Rabe's love and sympathy from international friends in the first place? After all, "Rabe Diary" in a sense represents the emotions of international friends and the voice of the international community (in name, it was co-produced by China and Germany, but in essence it is a foreign film and a biographical film). It is unfair and unnecessary to judge Japanese militarism for its national indignation. Besides, in order to let the whole world know and believe in the "Nanjing Massacre", let all mankind hate Japanese militarism and sympathize with the Chinese who suffered from the disaster, we can't do without the valuable support of our international friends, and we can't do without the "Nanjing" (Nanking, 2007), "Rabe Diary" and other works have made fruitful efforts. For Rabe's actor Ulrich Tuco, "The Diary of Rabe" may be just another "The Witness" (Amen, 2002), but that's enough to make the nation feel grateful. ——You can't ask for too much, and you shouldn't be insatiable in the international community and in front of international friends, right?
Extended Reading
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Prince Asaka Yasuhiko: Congratulations, Major. You'll make an excellent commander one day. But I ask myself, why is it that I give orders not to take prisoners, and you arrive with thousands?
Major Ose: Please forgive me.
Japanese Officer: Your Highness.
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko: I didn't ask you to speak!
[Japanese officer steps back and bows]
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko: So, Major. What do you propose?
Major Ose: Your Highness. It would be extremely difficult to execute that many prisoners.
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko: Is that so?
Major Ose: Furthermore, I believe such executions could be considered to be illegal.
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko: Illegal? I am entrusting you personally with resolving this matter once and for all. I want no prisoner alive by tomorrow morning. We will also shell the city center. Nanking must experience the superiority of our troops.
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Colonel Nakajima Kesago: He disobeyed the rules by not staying in the car.
John Rabe: He didn't stay in the car? His head was cut off!
Colonel Nakajima Kesago: It was an honorable death. A contest between two officers. Very popular in Japan.
John Rabe: What contest?
Colonel Nakajima Kesago: Who decapitates the most enemies.